Paper article



y 1, 1930. F. A. CONRAD 1,769,417.

' PAPER ARTICLE Filed Oct. 22, 1928 INVENTOR.

, ATTORNEYS ERE A. CONRAD, E MILWAUKEE,

7 shown at I entire surface of the body portion of the arti Patented July 1 1930 V WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN LACEPAFER I COMPANYQ-OF IVI ILWAU KEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION'OF WISCONSIN PAPER ARTICLE Application filed October 22, 1928. Serial No.314,039.' v

This invention relates paper articles.

It is the object of the invention to provide to improvements in a novel and improved means for imparting paper articles suchas doidesired designs to paper napkins, paper conlies, shelf paper, talners, etc.

The invention has to do with certain definite means of combining the use of embossing am well aware that paper arti-v and color. I cles have been embossed and havealso been colored but it is my purpose to provide a means for causing tofore been possible, due. to the particular manner 1n WlllCll embosslng and color are employed and corrugated'to produce the desired design.

In the drawings a design embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1. v

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several. views.

he suggestion of texture given to the body 5 of the article is shown diagrammatically at 6, it being understood that the small squares 6 willbe reproduced to cover the ole except as hereinafter designated. These small squares are made by very fine intersect,- ing ribs 7 which will be apparent both in Figure l, and in Figure 2.; Itis not essential that r the ribs should intersect to produce the desired result since it is well knowntothose skilled in this art that fine embossing may be used in a variety of ways to impart texture to the body of a paper article. See for example the ribs illustrated in my design application relating to apaper napkinNo. D. 26,434. J 5 p 1 One of the characteristics and outstanding features 1 of the present invention consists in k the substantial omission of all texture emboss-f ing from the area8 whichis "shaped to repre- I 1 sent a flower or other desired figure and is outlined by a series of short and relatively embossed ridges may be used;

9. Other heavily heavily embossed ridges if desired, at 10 designs to stand out on a paper artlcle more consplcuous than has here-,'

I thereon while the Figure l-is an enlarged detail fragment ofv between said portions heavily embossed ribs;

to suggest the structure of the flower but the surface8 is'generally free ofall embossing and comprises a planesurface to which color may be'applied either by'dye or paint in order to render surface 8 in extremely high contrast to the body portion 5 of the paper article.

At 11 1 have shown an elongated and relatively highly embossed pair of ridges which correspond to flower stems or-may be used in any design other. than, a floral design to tie together the various These stems may also be colored if desired.

One possible combination consists in the use of a pinkish or lavender shade applied to the area8 as suggested by the shade lines ribs 11 may be colored green, as likewise indicated by the shading. It is particularly to benotedthat in accordance with this invention the coloring is'pref-- erably restricted to the plane orunembossed areas 8 and 11; The unembossed areas 9 and those shown at 10 may be colored or leftuncolored as desired, but oneof the features of the invention consists in the association of color contrast in aid of the contrast between embossed and unembossed'portions of the arparts of the design.

ticle, whereby the contrast between such portions is made apparent not only by texture i but also by color.

Iclaim: A paper article having a portion embossed in slmulation of texture, on an intermediate part ofwhieh appears a portion having no texture embossing and of predetermined dementioned portion being sursign, said last rounded by short heavily embossed ribs whose general direction is transverse to the line of demarcation between the portions embossed for texture and the last mentioned portion which is unembossedfor texture, the respective portions being in color contrast in a patwith the line of demarcation tern registering as determined by said FRED A; CONRAD. 

